Almost two months after the devastating explosion in Beirut's port, the creative community is continuing to band together to support the Lebanese capital city. A charity auction has sprung out of Los Angeles and Beirut, organized by the Franco-Lebanese film-maker Sabine El Gemayel d’Herbécourt and the Beirut-based communications consultant Mira Hawa, which includes work by 45 artists mostly from the two cities. All the funds raised from the Artists with Beirut sale will go directly to the Beirut Emergency Fund 2020 to be administered to non-profit, non-governmental organizations in Lebanon.
At Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, Indian contemporary artist Manish Nai invites viewers to reconsider the materials that surround them. In In Search of Material within Material, a solo exhibition bringing together works created between 2021 and 2026, discarded objects, industrial surfaces and familiar everyday materials become the starting point for an exploration of form, memory and transformation.